SDA Preps For 3rd Tranche 1 Vendor Launch Amid Sat Integration Woes

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle positioned on the pad at Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, California, ahead of an anticipated Oct. 5 launch supporting the Space Development Agency. Credit: SpaceX

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle positioned on the pad at Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, California, ahead of an anticipated Oct. 5 launch supporting the Space Development Agency.

Credit: SpaceX
The Space Development Agency (SDA) is ready to launch a third vendor’s satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO) as early as Oct. 5 and bring additional capacity to the Tranche 1 Transport Layer portion of its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). But the imminent deployment of new...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Washington.

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